Comments on: The 2010 Suns at Staples Center

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 28 May 2010 04:06:52 +0000

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By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:47:32 +0000

Wow. Steve Nash is the only MVP in NBA history who hasn't reached the NBA finals. I have more incentive to root for the Suns.

By: JM

JM — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:28:41 +0000

Do you have player splits for PF? I wonder if the defense Derek Fisher is allowed to play on Nash is a contributing factor. He likes to be very physical with him, bumping and grabbing him on the pick and roll, and if those aren't called fouls, it really gums up Phoenix's offense. There might be something similar going on with how Phoenix is allowed to play the Lakers' big men, but Fisher's D was the thing that stood out for me in these past few games.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:39:51 +0000

All it takes is one.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:59:05 +0000

Elvis, the Suns don't seem capable of winning in LA at all, and it's not even close. Read the article, he said the Suns have lost by 18 PPG on average and have never been closer than 12. The only way PHX would win this series is if they had home court, but they don't. They cannot win a game in Los Angeles unless its against the Clippers.

By: Elvis

Elvis — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:32:12 +0000

"To me, it seemed like the Lakers lost game three because Artest, Odom and Bynum contributed close to nothing (negative to zero, that is), while only Kobe, Gasol and Fisher played OK as a whole. In other words, Lakers could very much so win at PHX, but the same, apparently, cannot be said about the Suns at LA." Um.. you can easily make the case that PHX could easily win in LA if Phoenix's bench shows up and they shoot better than 5-20 from 3pt land. Kobe, Gasol, and Fisher played BETTER than OK.. yet they lost. Bottom line: stop making excuses for the Lakers and the fact is the Suns are better than you think.

By: Alvy

Alvy — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:45:50 +0000

To me, it seemed like the Lakers lost game three because Artest, Odom and Bynum contributed close to nothing (negative to zero, that is), while only Kobe, Gasol and Fisher played OK as a whole. In other words, Lakers could very much so win at PHX, but the same, apparently, cannot be said about the Suns at LA.

By: P Middy

P Middy — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:57:24 +0000

Well, the Suns were only 22-19 on the road this year. A blazing 32-9 at home. Lakers were even better at home 34-7. So it's a combination of the Lakers loving that home cooking, and the Suns being pretty kinda mediocre on the road in general. My purely empirical evidence tells me that teams that rely on role players (Dudley, Richardson, Amundson, Lopez, Drago) more heavily tend to have a tough time on the road since those types of players typically play better at home where they are comfortable, and the crowd is solidly behind them.

By: mrparker

mrparker — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:26:17 +0000

Seems to me that Steve Nash average dbl the turnovers in games at Staples this season. To boot Amare is alot less effective (63 vs 49 ts%) and his rebounds go down by 50% per game.

Those numbers seem drastic and bolster my hopes that the Suns can pull off the comeback.